Anna Kalinskaya vs Leylah Fernandez Prediction 07/27/2025 Washington Picks

Anna Kalinskaya and Leylah Fernandez meet in the final of the 2025 Washington Open. The match is scheduled for Sunday, July 27. Here’s our Anna Kalinskaya vs Leylah Fernandez prediction. This preview will also include an Anna Kalinskaya vs Leylah Fernandez pick.

Anna Kalinskaya vs Leylah Fernandez Preview

Anna Kalinskaya has reached her first final at the 2025 Washington Open. And she’s done so without losing a set all week. Kalinskaya started the week with a first-round win over Kamilla Rakhimova 6-2, 6-3. In the second round, she thrashed Magda Linette 6-4, 6-0 to reach her first quarterfinal since Strasbourg. There, she overcame one of the tour’s top-performing stars of 2025 in Clara Tauson. She shook off a late wobble to win 6-3, 7-5.

It was the semifinal statement win over Emma Raducanu that is sure to make all the headlines. Kalinskaya defeated the Briton 6-4, 6-3 in an hour and 36 minutes, the third higher-ranked player she has beaten this week.

Kalinskaya hit two aces and five double faults in the match. She landed 58% of first serves in play and won 68% of first serve points (25/37). Kalinskaya won 52% of second serve points (14/27) and saved five of six break points. She hit 19 winners in total and improves on her record in Washington of having never lost before the quarterfinal. This will be her first final since Berlin last year, where she had multiple match points against Jessica Pegula and lost. Kalinskaya has not won a WTA title in her career.

If she is to break her duck, Kalinskaya would need to beat Leylah Fernandez. The Canadian picked up her second career win over Elena Rybakina in one of the most surprising results of the week. Rybakina led 7-6, 5-4 and served for the match, but was broken back in the 10th game. Fernandez eventually levelled the match in the tie-break.

The third set stayed on serve, and it was another tie-break that decided it. Rybakina’s error-strewn performance was punished as Fernandez dominated to win it 7-3. Fernandez finished the match with 12 aces and three double faults. She landed 67% of first serves in play and won 72% of first serve points (59/82). She won 66% of second serve points (27/41) and saved four of five break points in the match. This will be Fernandez’s first final of the season. She is a three-time champion on the WTA Tour. Her last final appearance was in Eastbourne 2024, losing to Daria Kasatkina.

Anna Kalinskaya vs Leylah Fernandez Head-To-Head

Kalinskaya and Fernandez have played once on the WTA Tour. The Canadian lefty leads 1-0, winning a first-round match at the 2021 Guadalajara Open.

Anna Kalinskaya vs Leylah Fernandez Prediction

Fernandez is a three-time champion at this level, and Kalinskaya is chasing her first title. But the books are leaning Kalinskaya here after the Russian’s spectacular week of not losing a single set. Fernandez is coming off an emotionally and physically brutal semifinal match against Rybakina that took three hours and 12 minutes. Naturally, she’ll have a less-than-ideal recovery. But the point is, Kalinskaya has looked in excellent form in this tournament, and if she keeps it clean and polished, we might be looking at a new WTA champion in DC.